The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-12

The Globe line has large staff of employees, all
OF them efficient in their various Departments,
and it 10 not likely that many OF them will be
out Of positions long. The delay in the handling
OF the freight by the various roads in the line
lie said to be the primary cause of its dissolu-
ton.
The Chicago Times gives currency to the ru-
NOR that numerous changes are to be made in
the officials of the freight department of the
Baltimore 81 Ohio road, and that in the shuttle
Frank Harriet, at present general freight agent,
will assume the title of traffic manager, and c.
S. Wight, the assistant general freight agent,
will be made assistant traffic manager. The
latter will have his headquarters at Pittsburg,
Pa
New equipments already contracted for by the
manacements OF II Annapolis roads will increase
the rolling stock of our roads by sixty locomo-
tives and $500 box and coal cars, and the
year advances further large orders will be
placed without doubt, unless the bottom should
drop out of business. All the car works in the
State are working full-handed and overtime.
The first week in January the Terre Haute
works shipped ninety new cars and the Indi-
annapolis car works seventy-two, and would
have done still better had the weather been more
favorable for drying paint
There have been statements made as being
authentic to the effect that the same syndicate
which owns the Cincinnati, Hamilton 81 Dayton
road had purchased the Cincinnati, Wabash q
Michigan road, and that at once the c., Fl e. d.
building connecting link from Anderson to
Rushvile, or from Anderson to Richmond.
These rumors had some foundation, and doubt
less in due time this programme will he carried
out, yet the announcement of the deal was at
least premature. as the Journal has the best of
authority for saying that the syndicate named
above has not secured control of the property
they simply have An option on it and now
endeavoring to arrange a financial scheme to
carry out their programme. 1t was expected
that they would have been able to do so by the
first of the year, but obstacles came up which
are thought to be of but temporary character
which prevented the perfecting of the plan.
The new order the Pennsylvania lines that
all train men and yardmen must have their time
pieces examined and hept in good order is prov
ing quito expense to some of the boys who
have been carrying cheap watches time
| piece which was especially valuable because it
was family relic Conductor l., Dooley, on the
Chicago division Of the c.. St. L. 81 p, is of
| the unfortunate Panhandle employees who had
| his time piece condemned. Larry had a watch
| that was regular and true the sun that rises
| in the morning and, after crossing the heavens.
sets in the evening 1t had often been weighed
| in the balance and never found wanting, and yet
| 1t had To &c, and the young conductor was com
| PEELED to lay in another. Exhibiting an elegant
| gold watch to a journal reporter, yesterday, he
| said: ''She is daisey, but FL never have the
| confidence in her | ALWAYS had in the old stand
| by That old watch with me from freight
| brakeman to conductor of a passenger train, and
| hated to part company with the old friend"